Spring is possibly the most beautiful season of the year. Perhaps it’s because it starts to get warm again or because there’s an inundation of smells and colours; in Maremma all this is even more wondrous.
In fact, in our opinion, Spring is the best season to come and enjoy the hills of this part of Tuscany. There are many things you can do here as the beautiful days roll in, or even when the weather isn’t perfect. The Terme di Saturnia are obviously the main attraction in the area and the 37° C water is perfect to balance the external temperature of 17/18° C, and to give you both physical and psychological well-being. Relaxing and salubrious dips at the Terme or the Mulino waterfall can be easily mixed with some visits to the nearby villages and other attractions in the area.
The villages we recommend are Montemerano (see previous post), Pitigliano, Sovana and Sorano (the Tuff-stone towns), Magliano in Toscana at the heart of the Morellino di Scansano wine growing area, and Capalbio near the sea. Each of these villages guard their own particularities and uniqueness which makes visiting them delighting, special and surprising.
However, there are also other places that are great to visit in Spring; places sculpted by history yet immersed in Maremma’s blooming natural environment. Places like the Etruscan necropolis of Sovana or the Etruscan ruins at Vulci (on the road to Rome), Burano Lake or its neighbour Ansedonia, which is another wonderful area full of history dating back to the Etruscan/Romana town of Cosa.
Needless to say, it is also the perfect season to visit this territory on foot, horseback or bike, which are all perfect to really take in and enjoy the colours, smells and landscapes.
There are many events you can find if you come in March and April:
Tasting discoveries: every Saturday in March and April you can participate in this event where you will discover, during a wonderful walk, the edible herbs which you can collect and therefore, use in your dishes.
Coast to Coast: this is the most important event in the municipality of Manciano for lovers of hiking, and takes place from the 24th to the 26th March. Not only will you be able to participate in numerous excursions throughout the territory, but you will also have the chance to meet fellow hikers and lovers of slow travel.
Top Secret Maremma: you will discover little known yet amazingly beautiful corners of the municipality of Manciano and surrounding areas with this event from the 22nd to the 25th of April and from the 29th of April to the 1st of May (in the long-weekend period of the year).
The Tarot garden: the Tarot Garden reopens every year from the 1st of April and you can experience one of Italy’s (not only Tuscany’s) most surprising gardens. The amazing works by Niki de Saint Phalle can be viewed every afternoon near the village of Capalbio.
Other events come up all the time during this period and we’ll be happy to inform you about them on your check-in and during your stay.
So, as you can see, this is truly the right moment to come back to Maremma or to come end discover it for the first time.
We’ll be here to help you get the most out of it.
